Draft Day Dazzles Buffalo Bills: Exciting New Stars on the Horizon!

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - APRIL 25: A general view of the video board on stage with The Pick Is In for the Buffalo Bills during the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 25, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Buffalo Bills made a majority of their “splash” moves before the 2026 NFL free-agency period opened last Monday highlighted by the trade to acquire wide receiver DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears. That shipped one of the team’s premium picks away.

Moore is slated to make upwards of $25 million per season over at least three seasons and will be a main money earner on the team for at least two years — and with no ability to release him. The retention of center Connor McGovern was also a major move by the organization that helps shore up what appeared to be a large hole in the middle of the offensive line. Edge rusher Bradley Chubb was the team’s “splash” signing this offseason after his release from the Miami Dolphins.

Chubb will enter his age 30-season making upwards of $14 million per year on a practical two-year deal. Other signings the Bills made include a three-year commitment to slot cornerback Dee Alford — formerly of the Falcons — as a potential starting solution. Other contracts include a one-year investment in versatile safeties C.

J. Gardner-Johnson and Geno Stone. Both have the feeling of one-year stop-gap options as they tread water to search for the future of the safety spot in Jim Leonhard’s defense opposite Cole Bishop.